Epic Movie (2007)

User Rating:

2.2/10   

Directors:

Jason Friedberg
Aaron Seltzer

Writers (WGA):

Jason Friedberg (written by) &
Aaron Seltzer (written by)

Release Date:

26 January 2007 (USA)

Genre:

Adventure | Comedy

Tagline:

We Know It's Big. We Measured.

Plot:

A comedic satire of films that are large in scope, reputation and popularity

Plot Keywords:

Cult Favorite | White Bitch | Double Cross | Castration | Swimsuit

Awards:

3 nominations

US TV Schedule:

Sat. Oct. 18	11:00 AM	MAX
Wed. Oct. 22	12:30 PM	MAX

Cast

Kal Penn	...	Edward
Adam Campbell	...	Peter
Jennifer Coolidge	...	White Bitch
Jayma Mays	...	Lucy
Faune A. Chambers	...	Susan (as Faune Chambers)
Crispin Glover	...	Willy
Tony Cox	...	Bink
Héctor Jiménez	...	Mr. Tumnus (as Hector Jimenez)
Darrell Hammond	...	Captain Jack Swallows
Carmen Electra	...	Mystique
Fred Willard	...	Aslo
David Carradine	...	Museum Curator
Kevin McDonald	...	Harry Potter
George Alvarez	...	Ron
Crista Flanagan	...	Hermoine

Also Known As:

Bob Bailey (USA) (working title)

MPAA:

Rated PG-13 for crude and sexual humor, language and some comic violence.

Runtime:

86 min | 93 min (unrated version)

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital | SDDS | DTS

Certification:

Ireland:15A | Singapore:PG | Finland:K-13 | Australia:M | Canada:13+ (Quebec) | USA:PG-13 (certificate #43041) | Spain:18 | Norway:11 | Philippines:R-13 (MTRCB) | Netherlands:12 | Malaysia:U | Argentina:13 | Hong Kong:IIB | Singapore:M18 (unrated version) | Portugal:M/12 | UK:12A | Canada:14A (Alberta/British Columbia/Manitoba/Ontario) | UK:15 (video release) | Germany:12 (also unrated version) | South Korea:18 (unrated version) | New Zealand:M

Filming Locations:

Los Angeles, California, USA

Company:

New Regency Pictures

Trivia:

Crispin Glover plays Willy, a spoof of Johnny Depp's portrayal of Willy Wonka in Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (2005). Glover and Depp previously worked together on two films; What's Eating Gilbert Grape (1993) and Dead Man (1995).

Goofs:

Continuity: When Willy has his arms around the children, you can see the top of his walking stick on the right. In the next shot, it's on the left.

Quotes:

[first lines]
Narrator: This is the story of four orphans brought together by fate. They didn't know it yet, but there was something more greater in store for them, something epic.

Movie Connections:

References Animal House (1978)

Soundtrack:

Rodeo Spanish March

Please refer to reviews on Date Movie

Some movies are funny, some are not. This movie may be funny to you, if you liked Date Movie, since both films are pretty much the same in cast and script quality.

Epic Movie is a loosely strung together collection of slap-stick comedy sketches based on various epic movies (Pirates of the Caribbean, Nacho Libre, Chronicles of Narnia, X-Men, Superman, etc...) so it's probably helpful if you have seen a few of the epics this movie takes off at, to understand the jokes used. (If you've seen the clips during MTV video awards, you get the idea on the kind of jokes I'm referring to). Epic Movie tries to cash in on the Scary Movie, Date Movie, "Movie" Movie franchise, but doesn't measure up to the originality shown in the Scary Movie series.

It doesn't take a genius to recommend that you save your box-office ticket money, and if you're interested, wait for the DVD, since this isn't an essential big screen movie.